linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] netconsole: Simplify send_fragmented

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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:02:25 -0800
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@...il.com>
Cc: Andre Carvalho <asantostc@...il.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] netconsole: Simplify
 send_fragmented_body()

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 08:42:18AM -0800, Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> Refactor send_fragmented_body() to use separate offset tracking for
> msgbody, and extradata instead of complex conditional logic.
> The previous implementation used boolean flags and calculated offsets
> which made the code harder to follow.
> 
> The new implementation maintains independent offset counters
> (msgbody_offset, extradata_offset) and processes each section
> sequentially, making the data flow more straightforward and the code
> easier to maintain.
> 
> This is a preparatory refactoring with no functional changes, which will
> allow easily splitting extradata_complete into separate userdata and
> sysdata buffers in the next patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Thanks for this refactor.
--breno